An efflux transporter PbrA and a phosphatase PbrB cooperate in a lead-resistance mechanism in bacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 384-394

  Hynninen, Anu ^a   Touzé, Thierry ^b   Pitkänen, Leena ^a   Mengin Lecreulx, Dominique ^b   Virta, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CADMIUM; LEAD; PBRA PROTEIN; PBRB PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPRIAVIDUS; CUPRIAVIDUS METALLIDURANS; CYTOPLASM; DETOXIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CUPRIAVIDUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LEAD; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUPRIAVIDUS METALLIDURANS;

EID: 70349897065     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06868.x     Document Type: Article

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